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- G. K. WINCHESTER.

STOP MOTION FOR BRAIDING MACHINES.

No. 280,109. Ptented June 26, 1883.

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viding striking-points for the tension-weights justing thestriking-points of the stop-motion UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILMAN K. XVINGHESTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

STOP-MOTION FOR BRAlDlNG-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,109, dated June 26,1883.

Application filed December S, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. K. \Vmennsrnn, of

the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Stop-Motionsfor Braiding- Maehines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull and exact description thereof, reference being hadto theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in pro of the carriers, by means ofadjustable screws, held radially in the stop-motion rim, by means ofscrew-thread and cheek-nut; and the object of my invention is to providemeans for adrim, in order to compensate for the wear of the grooves ofthe braider-plate, of the guides of the carriers, and of thetensioirweights which engage with the stop-motion rim.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion of the braidenplate and of thestop-motion rim. Fig. 2is a section of the same, taken in the line a: 00of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail section of the braiderplate and stopmim.

In the drawings, A is the ln'aider-plate, provided with thecarrier-grooves G. The stopmotion rim 1) hangs just over the outer edgeof the plate A andswings on the pivot I, to which connection is made bymeans of the curved arm H, which passes under the braiderplate.

Radial holes are bored in the rim D at proper distance from each other,and tapped to receive the setscrews E E, the inwardlyprojecting pointsof which serveto receive the blow from the fallen tension-weight F,causing the machine to stop by depriving the shipperlever J and handle Kof their support at L, and allowing them to drop to the position shownby the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The screws E E are easily adjusted bymeans of a wrench, and are firmly held in the proper position by meansof the check-nuts N, which bear against the side of the rim D. By meansof the set-screws E in the stop-rim the wear of the points of thescrews, of the horns of the tension-weights F, of the groove 0 in thebraider-plate, and of the guide O of the carrier M may be properlycompensated, and the several parts be thus made to last in practiticaluse for a much greater length of time, thus securing a high degree ofeli'ieiency and economy. I

I claim as my invention- The combination of the stop-motion rim 1),

screws E, and check-nuts N with the grooved plate A, carrier M, andtensionaveight F, substantially as described.

GILMAN K- \VIXGHESTER.

\Vitnesses:

SIMON S. LAPHAM, OSCAR Lemur-r.

